Joystick limitations

lucabu · Post by **lucabu** » Tue Jul 29, 2008 8:15 am

Hello,

I am trying to use a Saitek X52 flight control system http://www.saitek.com/uk/prod/x52.htm witch has _drum_roll_ 11 axis and 32 buttons.

I'm experiencing several limitations using it with Oolite (linux version). Although I can assign any of the control's buttons/axis to functions specified in joystick setup, several of these are not working.

I guess at the moment Oolite can handle only a limited set of buttons/axis on a stick:

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2008-07-29 10:08:36.282 oolite[3113] [unclassified.JoystickHandler]: Joystick button out of range: 20
2008-07-29 10:08:37.640 oolite[3113] [unclassified.JoystickHandler]: Joystick button out of range: 31
2008-07-29 10:08:43.218 oolite[3113] [unclassified.JoystickHandler]: Joystick button out of range: 30
2008-07-29 10:08:44.141 oolite[3113] [unclassified.JoystickHandler]: Stick axis out of range - axis was 10
2008-07-29 10:08:55.550 oolite[3113] [unclassified.JoystickHandler]: Joystick button out of range: 20

Is there a way to solve this?

Thank you in advance.

JensAyton · Post by **JensAyton** » Tue Jul 29, 2008 9:27 am

The only way right now is to build Oolite yourself. The limits are defined in src/SDL/JoystickHandler.h (lines 85-87).

lucabu · Post by **lucabu** » Tue Jul 29, 2008 9:59 am

Thank you,

Since I have some spare time now, I'll give it a try.

JensAyton · Post by **JensAyton** » Tue Jul 29, 2008 12:05 pm

I’ve raised the limits for 1.72.

lucabu · Post by **lucabu** » Tue Jul 29, 2008 9:08 pm

I see... 16 axis and 64 buttons.

Ok, thank you.